Folding bed



(No Model.)

' J; E. YEAGER'.

FOLDING BED.

N05474:,587. Patented May 10, 1892.

WIYW'ESSE'S INVEWZ 01f" keepers on the sides of the beds.

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JAMES ERNST YEAGER, OF IVAOO, TEXAS.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent bio 474,587, dated May 10,1892.

Application filed March 31, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES ERNST YEAGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at aco in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds; and I dohereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to folding beds, and aims to economize space andat the same time provide an ornamental and serviceable piece offurniture, which can also be used for storing the bedclothing and otherarticles.

The improvement consists of the novel features, which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in theannexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a bedembodying my invention, parts being broken away, showing the bed folded.Fig. 2 is a view showing the bed let down. Fig. 3 is a detail Viewshowing the manner of connecting the parts of the head-board. Fig. 4 isa cross-section showing the related position of the bed, side of thebase, the spring, and the guard. The base A is hollow and is provided ateach side with a vertical standard a and at its front and rear withdrop-doors B and 0, respectively. The partition D between the standardsforms a support for the beds E and F to close against and formsa screento separate the beds when thelatter are turned down and to conceal onebed in the event of the other being let down only. The beds arepivotally connected with the uprights G, on which the lower edge of thepartition D rests. The twin springs II are approximately U- shaped, andcoils h are provided at the upper ends of the vertical members, and armsh project from the coils and pass through The horizontal portions ofeach spring are provided with loops 7L2, over which the fastenings orstaples 72. are driven to hold the spring in place. The guards I projectvertically from the bottom of the base, and a sufficient space is leftbetween the opposing sides of their upper ends and the sides of the baseto permit of the free action of the springs. These guards retain thesprings in proper position and prevent them interfering with the freemovements of the beds. The head-boards J and the unfolding of the beds.

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and J are constructed to overlap when the beds are folded, and theportions J are removable to admit of free access to the beds, being heldin place by suitable fastenings, as the pins j, which pass throughcoincident openings in the edges of the head-boards. The legs K, whichsupport the outer ends of of the beds when let down, are pivotallyconnected with the beds, and are free to swing out when the beds arelowered and fold close to the beds When the same are closed. Openings orslots are provided in the bottoms of the beds. which are closed for thelegs to fold into. The drop-doors close against the beds when the latterare folded, and are provided with ledges b and 0, respectively, whichextend beneath the beds and lock them in a closed position. Thesedrop-doors also conceal drawers L and M, which slide in the base throughthe openings closed by the said dropdoors. The springs H assist in thefolding Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1.- The combination of the base having side standards and anintermediate screen, two beds pivotally connected together and to thesaid standards at their inner corners and adapted to fold on each otherand against the said screen, two drop-doors to close the open sides ofthe base and adapted to extend beneath the outer corners of the beds andsupport and hold them in a closed position, and two twin springs, onefor each side of the bed, each spring being approximately U- shaped, theparallel members having coils at their upper ends, from which extendarms that pass loosely through keepers on the sides of the said beds,substantially and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the base, the folding beds, and the U-shapedtwin springs, of the guards projected up from the bottom of the base andcomprising the coils of the springs between their upper ends and theopposed sides ofthe base, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ERNST YEAGER.

Witnesses:

EUGENE WILLIAMS, 0. FALKNEB.

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